Dirk Van den Abeele (born 23 July 1961) is a Flemish ornithologist, specializing in the genus Agapornis. He has written a number of books on this subject. Most of his books have been translated into English, Greek, Spanish, French, Czech, Italian and German.[1][2][3][4][5] Since 1999, Van den Abeele is a member of MUTAVI, Research & Advice Group in The Netherlands,[6] where he is conducting research, together with Inte Onsman, into pigmentation of the various colour mutations in birds. Together with the Australian veterinarian Terry Martin he collaborated on the 'International Agreements for Naming Colour Mutations in Psittaciformes'.[7] He was chairman of BVA International, the Belgian Lovebird Society from 1999 till December 2010. Since 2011 he is honorary chairman of BVA-International.[8]
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| Born | Dirk Van den Abeele 23 July 1961 Wetteren, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Known for | Lovebirds, Owner’s manual and reference guide (2006) Lovebirds compendium (2016) Agapornis Genome Study (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ornithology Genetics |
Ornitho-Genetics VZW
editIn 2005 he founded Ornitho-Genetics VZW in Belgium. Ornitho-Genetics VZW is an independent non-profit organization which focuses mainly on genetics, evolution, taxonomy and the study and conservation of birds in their natural habitat.[9] To support this research the organization cooperates globally with experts, scientists and museums. The results are published in books, on the internet and in ornithology and scientific journals.[10][11]
Fieldwork
editIn 2009 he studied Agapornis roseicollis in Namibia and in 2010 and 2013 he volunteered for the Lovebird Research Project, a study into Agapornis lilianae in Liwonde National Park in Malawi. This research project was set up by Tiwonge Mzumara and Mike Perrin from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa [12][13]
Agapornis genome study
editIn 2015, Van den Abeele became a supervisor for a doctoral study on the genome of the genus Agapornis at the University of Potchefstroom, South Africa.[14][15] From 2021, he worked, together with H. van der Zwan from the University of Potchefstroom, South Africa and S. Yung Wa Sin from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, on a DNA study of color mutations within the genus Agapornis. [16]
Books
edit- Lovebirds (2001)
- Kweken met agaporniden (2001)
- De roseicollis en zijn mutaties (2002)
- Agaporniden, handboek en naslagwerk (2005)
- Love birds, Owner’s manual and reference guide (2006)
- Agaporniden, handboek en naslagwerk - New Edition - Part I (2012)
- Agaporniden, handboek en naslagwerk - New Edition - Part II (2013)
- Erfelijkheid bij vogels (2014)
- Lovebirds compendium (2016)
- Antologia del Agapornis (2018)
- Les Inséparables - Genus Agapornis (2018)
References
edit- ^ Abeele, Dirk Van den (28 November 2018). Lovebirds: Handbook and Reference Guide. About Pets. ISBN 9781852792466 – via Google Books.
- ^ DEN, DIRK VAN (28 November 2018). Agapornis. Editorial HISPANO EUROPEA. ISBN 9788425516887 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Alles over dwergpapegaaien".
- ^ "Dirk van Abeele is going to publish his most extensive monograph about lovebirds". 2016-02-02.
- ^ "Webnieuws Wichelen".
- ^ "Www.MUTAVI.info".
- ^ https://www.ornitho-genetics.info/downloads/ia-uk.pdf Archived 2018-12-06 at the Wayback Machine Brief summary International Agreements for Naming Colour Mutations in Psittaciformes
- ^ "BVA International Honorary Members – BVA International".
- ^ "ORNITHO-GENETICS VZW - BE 0871.402.666 - Serskamp". trendstop.knack.be.
- ^ van der Zwan, Henriette; Visser, Carina; van der Sluis, Rencia (1 March 2019). "Plumage colour variations in the Agapornis genus: a review". Ostrich. 90 (1): 1–10. Bibcode:2019Ostri..90....1V. doi:10.2989/00306525.2018.1540446. hdl:2263/71245. S2CID 91625093.
- ^ Neves, Ana Carolina de Oliveira; Galván, Ismael; Van den Abeele, Dirk (2020). "Impairment of mixed melanin-based pigmentation in parrots" (PDF). J. Exp. Biol. 223 (12): jeb225912. doi:10.1242/jeb.225912. PMID 32393547.
- ^ I., Mzumara, Tiwonge (13 July 2015). The ecology and conservation biology of Lilian's lovebird Agapornis lilianae in Malawi (Thesis).
{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mzumara, Tiwonge I; Perrin, Michael R; Downs, Colleen T (2 September 2014). "Distribution of Lilian's Lovebirds in Malawi". Ostrich. 85 (3): 267–272. Bibcode:2014Ostri..85..267M. doi:10.2989/00306525.2014.963187. S2CID 84262933.
- ^ "Who we are – Agapornis Genome Study".
- ^ Van Der Zwan, Henriëtte; Van Der Westhuizen, Francois; Visser, Carina; Van Der Sluis, Rencia (2018). "Draft de Novo Genome Sequence of Agapornis roseicollis for Application in Avian Breeding" (PDF). Animal Biotechnology. 29 (4): 241–246. doi:10.1080/10495398.2017.1367692. hdl:2263/63058. PMID 29035135. S2CID 9488082.
- ^ "Convergent evolution of parrot plumage coloration". PNAS Nexus. 3 (3). 2024.